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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Roman Emperor
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The Eternal City
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Annius Verus
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Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about thee, and to exert thy skill upon thy present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.
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It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
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The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.
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Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.
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From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure nor continually to excuse the neglect of duties required by our relation to those with whom we live, by alleging urgent occupations.
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Do not suffer a sudden impression to overbear your judgment.
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